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EDWIN G. RUSSE AND ALBIN P. 'RISSL" OF CHCAGO RAlLl/IAY EQilTIPME-NT COMPANY,

RATON.

Lalanne.

lnlcation filed October 1G, "i913".

To all Hio//i if m/Q/ concer/l.:

Be it known that we, lllnwn: (l. Bussi-I and ALInN I. ltissmai, citizens 'ot' the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ot 5 Cook and State ot' Illinois, have 'invented certain new and uset'ul lmprovi-nnents in Rail-Anchors, ot' which we do declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The present invention has relation to that class ot' devices commonly known as rail an chors which are designed to prevent the longitudinal creeping ot' railroad rails. The

invention hasl tor itsiobject to provide. an extremely simple, light, cheap and etl'eetive form of rail anchor that can be readily ap` plied to the base ol: a railroad rail and when so applied will be securely retained against slipping thereon or bccomingdisplaced therefrom. To this end, the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, illustrated in thc accoinpanying drawing and particularly pointed out. in the claims at the end of this speciication.

Figure 1 is a plan view ot a rail anchor embodying our invention, the rail to which said anchor is applied being indicated in dotted lilies and a portion of one of the cross ties being shown in t'ull lines. Fig. is a View in vertical section on line 2 2 o'l' Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion ot' a rail anchor showing a modified t'orm it the invention. Fig. f is a plan view showing a further moditicati on.

In the drawing, Adesignates a railroad rail and B denotes one ot' the cross ties ot 40 the track on which the rail is located. ln its preferred embodiment, our improved rail anchor is formed from a .piece ot' metal, preferably sheet steel, that is eut. and bent to substantially the .torni herein illustrated and described. As shown, our rail anchor comprises a body member C adapted to extend beneath the base of the rail il, this body member being provided at its opposite ends with jaws or hooks to engage the base flanges a and a ot' the rail Preferably, the flange receivine" spa-ces c beneath the jaws c and c2 and at the opposite sides et' the rail are so shaped that the jaws'shall bear upon the upper inclined faces' ol the rail flanges,

Specification of 'Letters Patent.

GHCAGO, ILLINGIS, ASSIGNOBS TO OF CHCLGO, .ELLINOES, afl- C0312()n eert-Attenere.

Patented fling., 5, let-fn. serial No. 197,186.

as indicated in the drawing, and by preference, the jaws c and e2 are bent. angularly with respectl to the body portion C of the rail anchor, as clearly shown in the drawing.

ln. order to enable a more effective gripping of the jaws c and c2 with the vbase flanges ol the rail, the body portion C lot' the anchor is slight-ly bent in longitudinal direction, as shown by the dotted lines C* in Fig. l ot' the drawing, and when the anchor has been placed in engagement with the rail, the straining of the body portion C incident to the application of the anchor will cause the jaws c and c2 to more securely the base flanges with a spring or tension grip.

ln the preferred form ot' our invention, the rail anchor is formed at. one end with an alan-ment or tie-engaging member C that extends downwardly and outwardly from the body portion C, the outer end portion ot' this .abutment being adapted to bear against. `the side of the cross' tie B adjacent to which the rail anchor is placed. By preference, the abutment C is eiitended outwardly away trom the body portion C of the aiuhor. as by so doing a longer and more etlective leverage is provided for causingv the jaws ot' the anchor tosecnrely grip the base flanges ot the rail. If desired, however. the abutment may be formed by bending inwardly its end portion as illustrated at Cf in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The exact shape, dimension and arrangement of the abutment tl (or C2) may be varied and ordinarily the top ot the abutment will terminate about the bottom line of the body men'iber (ff ot' the anchor.

vin order to more ell'ectively hold the rail anchor in engagement with the base flanges ot the rail A, we have provided one end, which in Figs. 1 and 2 is shown as that adjacent the tie engaging abutmentwith a locking flange C3. As shown, this flange C. before the rail anchor is secured vin p0- sition upon the rail, extends at suc-h an angle with respect to the body portion C of the anchor that the llange will not engage the base-flange ot' the rail when the anchor tlrst. applied thereon, nor will this flange C interfere wit-h the application of the anchor to the rail. When, however, the` anchor has been applied to the base of the rail as shown in the drawing, the Hange C3 upon the rail. ln practice, our improved anchor will be applied to the rail by slip-l ping the hotly portion beneath the base of theirail and lifting and thereafter borizontally turning or rotating the anchor to cause the hooks or jaws c and c2 of the anchor' to engage the base flanges L and a of' the rail, the body portion being strained, as the jaws are caused to tightly engage the flanges of the rail, until the tbody portion is straightened or approximately straightened, as indicated by full lines in Fig. l ot' the drawing, thereby holding the jaws by a spring tension grip in engagement. with the rail base flanges. rlhe locking flange C will then be bent from the [osition shown by full lines to the position shown by dotted lines in the drawing, the flange being thus caused to firmly bear against the outer edge of 4the 'base flange a ot' the rail.

ln rail anchors of the type in which the jaws of the anchor engage the base flanges of the rail with a shackle action and in which there is provided an abutment depending at one end of the anchor and embedded in the ballast of the track, the tendency ot' the rail to move or creep in the normal direction of traffic serves to tighten the grip of the anchor jaws upon the. rail flanges; but when the rail contracts or moves slightly in the opposite direction (the tie abutment being embedded in the ballast of the road). there is a tendency of the anchor to rock slightly about such abutment as a pivot and thus loosen the engagement of the jaw at the opposite end ot' the anchor with the corresponding base flange of the rail. lWhen, however, the rail anchor is equijiped with our improved locking flange lnneinbeffn'e described, all danger ot' the loosening of the anchor is avoided, because as the rail il moves in a direction opposite that shown by the arrow in lfig. A1, the locking flange C effectively serves to prevent the loosening or disengagementl of' the jaws of the anchor from the base flanges of the railbutlhe locking flange C will not interfere with the shackle`-7 action of the anchor when the rail tends to creep in the direction of the arrow Fig. fl, carrying with it the jaw fr* of' the anchor farthest from the abutment.. That is lo say, the jaws ot' the anchor are applied to they base flangeI of the rail and are forced into einlagement therewith h v rotation of the anchorin one direction and the locldngl flange, when Ibent info enneigement wifh the adjacent base flange, pre- :ia-na lee `illustrated in Fig. l, the. looking flange C3 is formed at the end of the anchor 'farthest from the abutment, instead ot' adjacentthe abutment as in the construction described. In this form of the invention, as already set forth, the locking flange C3 will normally extend in such position, as shown by full lines, that it will not interfere with the application of the anchor to the rail but when the anchor has been applied to the rail as above described, the locking flange C will be bent 'from the position shown by full lines to the position shown by dotted lines.

in Fig. leso as 'to effectively serve to prevent the loosening ot' the anchor.

, It will be noticed in the several forms of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that the locking flange C is carried by a portion of the body of the rail anchor that extends laterally to a distance from the adjacent rail engaging flange, soA

that when the free end of the locking flange Cs is turned inwardly it will more effectively engage the edge of the base flange of the rail and so avoid the accidental movement of the rail more effectively than would be possible with a flange arranged in close proximity to the jaw and adapted to be forced against the upper face ot the base flange of the rail.

We claim as our invention 1- 1. A rail anchor comprising a body portion having jaws at its ends to engage the base flanges of the rail, the body portion ot' said anchor being formed with a bent portion which under straightening strain tends to draw the jaws of the anchor toward cach other.

A rail anchor provided with jaws at its ends to engage the base flanges ot a rail, the body portion of said anchor being formed of resilient metal and with a portion oflset or bent in horizontal direction, whereby when the jaws of the anchor are applied to the rail, the straightening strain ol' saidv offset br bent portion of the body will increase the grip ot said jaws upon the flanges of the rail.

3. A rail anchor comprising` a body portion having at its opposite ends jaws to engagethe base flanges of a rail and having adjacent one ot said jaws a part extending outwardly to a distance therelronnand provided with a vertically disposed, bendable flange having a. free end adapted to be turned into engagement with and abut against the edge ot' the adjacent rail flange.

4.. A rail anchor formed ol a sheet. metal plate having at its opposite ends jaws to engage the base flanges of a rail, one end ot said plate being bent forwardly from the abutment, said body having and adapted to be turned inwardly to en- 'A atie-engaging -age with ange.

6.V A= rail anchor comprising a the edge of the adjacent rail boklfl h ltion having opposite end jaws adapte to bo applied and forced into cngagement"witl;

the base flanges ofthe rail by'thehrotation of the anchor in one direction,and said anchor having ad]acent one of its jaws a part extending outwardly therefrom and lpro-A vided with a vertically disposed, bendable 2'5 l flange adapted -tobe turned into engagement with the adjacent rail flange to lock thean- I e chor against reverse rotat1on. A y

' EDWIN G. RUSSE;`

. ALBIN P. RISSLER, 

